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Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces the pending recapitalization of US LBM Holdings, LLC (US LBM), a portfolio company of BlackEagle Partners (BlackEagle), with Kelso & Company (Kelso). BlackEagle and certain members of US LBM management will be investors alongside Kelso. US LBM is a premier building product material distribution business serving builders, remodelers and specialty contractors throughout the U.S. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is being led by Mike Hogan, Ryan Nelson, Tim Webb, Mike Williams and Carl Menzel of Harris Williams & Co.’s Building Products & Materials Group.

Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces that it has promoted four senior professionals from the firm’s Richmond and San Francisco offices. Corey Benjamin, Whit Knier and Erik Szyndlar have been promoted to director and Nick Owens has been promoted to vice president. The promotions expand the senior capabilities across several of the firm’s Industry Groups.

Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of IS Group BV (IS Group), a premier cloud computing and IT services provider, on its sale to strategic buyer Koninklijke KPN NV (KPN). The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze, Jonathan Organ and Sylvain Noblet of Harris Williams & Co.’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group.

Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces the pending sale of Kadel’s Auto Body (Kadel’s), a portfolio company of KCB Private Equity (KCB), to ABRA Auto Body & Glass (ABRA), a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman (H&F). Kadel’s is a leading provider of auto body repair services in the Pacific Northwest. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is being led by Joe Conner of Harris Williams & Co.’s Transportation & Logistics (T&L) Group and Ryan Budlong, Matt Conaty and Zach England of the firm’s Consumer Group.

Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces the merger of Pinnacle Workforce Logistics (Pinnacle), a portfolio company of Fenway Partners (Fenway), with Capstone Logistics, LLC, (Capstone), a portfolio company of The Jordan Company. Pinnacle is a leading provider of outsourced supply chain solutions. The transaction was led by Bob Baltimore and John Klim, of Harris Williams & Co.’s Business Services Group and Ryan Nelson and Carl Hardie of the firm’s Richmond Office.

Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, announces the sale of Infiltrator Systems, Inc. (Infiltrator), a portfolio company of Graham Partners, to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’). Infiltrator is a leading manufacturer of engineered plastic chambers, synthetic aggregate leachfields, plastic tanks and accessories used in the large and growing wastewater and stormwater industries. The transaction was led by Michael Hogan, Ryan Nelson, Eric Logue and Mike Williams of Harris Williams & Co.’s Industrials Group and Chris Williams from the firm’s Richmond office.